Week 3/2-3/6


Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
BR30
Read TKaM
BR31
Read TKaM
Vocabulary Quiz 7
Close Read Article to prepare for Mid-terms
Thursday
Friday

Midterms: Socratic Seminar
Midterms: Socratic Seminar


Week 2/23-2/27


Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
BR26
Revise Persuasive Essays
DUE FRIDAY
BR27
Vocabulary Quiz 7
Week 8 Vocabulary
Thursday
Friday

BR28
Week 8 Pics or Sentences
BR29
PERSUASIVE ESSAY DUE TODAY


Week 2/17-2/20


Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Presidents Day: No School
BR24: Define the following words-
  1. Kilometer
  2. Inadvertent
  3. Embargo
  4. Vacillate
  5. Analogy
Begin writing Persuasive Essay Rough Draft- Intro paragraph and body paragraphs.
Vocabulary Quiz 6
Week 7 Vocabulary
Thursday
Friday

Week 7 Pics or Sentences
Write Persuasive Essay Rough Draft-Body and Conclusion Paragraphs
BR25: Write two antonyms or synonyms or one of each for the following words-
  • Mull
  • Pallid
  • Recur
  • Scenario
  • Tranquility


Week 2/9-2/13


Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
BR 20: Define the following words-
  • Botch
  • Debase
  • Irrational
  • Casement
  • Commemorate
Brainstorm for Persuasive Essay
BR21: Write the claim and three main arguments you will write your essay on.
Fill out shaping sheets.
Vocabulary Quiz 5
Week 6 Vocabulary
Thursday
Friday

BR22: Rewrite the following sentences with the errors corrected-
  1. yes we are planning to attend the shrine circus on saturday
  2. students at lincoln high school felt there football team would win all of it's games
Week 6 Pics or Sentences
Complete Persuasive Essay Shaping Sheets
BR23: Two synonyms, antonyms, or one of each for each of the following words-
  • Concession
  • Affidavit
  • Cant
  • Repose
  • Commence
TKaM Reading Groups + Chart: Chapters 12-14


Week 2/2-2/6


Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
BR16: Write a story using the following words, one word per sentence-
  • hieroglyphic
  • decrepit
  • buffet
  • harass
  • coffer
TKaM Part 1 Setting and Conflict questions and chart (page 1 of chart, only)
BR17: Answer the following questions about To Kill a Mockingbird-
  1. Why did Atticus have to shoot the dog?
  2. Why doesn't Jem want Scout to brag about their father being the "deadest shot in Maycomb"?
  3. What does Jem do to Ms. Henry Lafayette Dubose's flowers?
  4. What does Ms. Henry Lafayette Dubose struggle with?
TKaM Analyze Setting and Conflict
Vocabulary Quiz 4
Week 5 Vocabulary
Thursday
Friday

BR18
Week 5 Pics or Sentences
TKaM Analyze Character
Complete Shaping sheet for Character Traits Essay
(Choose a character from the Analyze Character worksheet, and discuss three of their character traits.)
BR19: Define the following Vocabulary words
  1. Symbiosis
  2. Aptitude
  3. Influx
  4. Caustic
  5. Gregarious

Complete Shaping sheet and write a 1 paragraph essay.
  • Double spaced
  • 11 sentences
  • 3 Concrete Details
  • Thesis Statement
  • Concluding sentence
  • Transition words


Week 1/26-1/30


Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
BR12: Write the defiintions for the following words-
  1. Episode
  2. Breach
  3. Jovial
  4. Vaccine
  5. Alliteration
Rhetoric Notes and Assignment
BR13: TKaM Ch. 7 & 8 Questions (2-3 sentences each)
  1. What do Boo's actions say about him? How do they compare with the children's view of him?
  2. Based on what you've heard of Boo and what he's actually done, what do you think of Boo Radley?
Work on Rhetoric and Persuasion Ad assignment.
Vocabulary Quiz 3
Week 4 Vocabulary
Thursday
Friday

BR14
Logical Fallacy Notes
BR15: Define the following words
  • demure
  • nocturnal
  • autonomy
  • colloquial
  • enjoin
Identify five fallacies from the following youtube video. Write the example from the video and tell which fallacy is being committed.
Debate-O-Rama
Read TKaM Ch. 10&11, complete a reading chart.


Week 1/19-1/23


Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Martin Luther King Jr. Day: No School
BR9: Write a story using the following words, one word per sentence
  1. Abdicate
  2. Canine
  3. Clemency
  4. Eject
  5. Undulate
Persuasion Notes: For each commercial, explain how it fits the persuasion technique.
Bandwagon Appeal
Plainfolks Appeal
Testimonial
Transfer
Transfer 2
Appeals to pity, fear or vanity
Appeals to P, F or V 2
Ethical Appeal
Loaded Language
Vocabulary Quiz 2
Week 3 Vocabulary
Thursday
Friday

BR10 Write a one sentence summary for each of the six traits:
  • ideas and content
  • Voice
  • Organization
  • Word Choice
  • Sentence Fluency
  • Conventions
Week 3 Pics or Sentences
6-trait review notes + assignment
BR11: Write an anytonym and/or a synonym (two per word) for each of the following words:
  • annihilate
  • balmy
  • renegade
  • admirably
  • ellipse
Read TKaM Ch. 8&9 + Reading Charts


Week 1/12-1/16


Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
BR4: Define any five of this week's vocabulary words.
Complete: TKaM reading charts for Ch. 2&3; turn in.
BR5: Interview your group mates.
Read: TKaM Ch. 4&5 with reading charts
Vocabulary Quiz 1
Week 2 Vocabulary
Thursday
Friday

BR7: Answer the following questions
  1. What does Scout find?
  2. What does Jem make Scout do with the thing she found?
  3. What is the new game Jem, Dill and Scout play?
  4. What do Jem, Dill and Scout try to give Boo Radley?
Argument Notes
BR8: Define the following words
  1. Clangor
  2. Bestride
  3. Apex
  4. Plateau
  5. Carp
Record the claim, support, opposing view and counterargument of the following videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79I7_vkwaeg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4A5zoRuPoQ


Week 1/5-1/9


Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
BR1: Define -
  1. Plot
  2. Symbol
  3. Theme
  4. Characterization
  5. List the five paragraphs in a five paragraph essay
SyllabusStudent Teacher Contract
Watch: A Class Divided
Answer the following questions:vocabula
  1. What will happen the first day?
  2. What will happen the second day?
  3. Summarize what happened. Did your predictions come true?
  4. What will happen with the adults?
  5. Summarize what happened? Did your predictions come true?
BR2: List five rules of Ms. Romito's class.
Complete: A Class Divided, turn in assignment.
Discussion: Jim Crow Laws
Week 1 Vocabulary Words
Review Close Reading
Thursday
Friday

BR3: Write 4-6 sentences on why you think racism still exists today.
Read: To Kill a Mockingbird Ch. 1
BR3: Define any five of the week's vocabulary words.
Read: TKaM 2&3 with reading chart